Katabasis.2 (2007)

Shawn Greenlee: Katabasis.2 (2007)
IYNGES, CD-R/MP3: IYN-003

Review from Jason Sigal, WFMU’s Beware of the Blog:
His Katabasis releases are a series of dark, violent noisescapes. Imagine the otherwise soothing sounds of earth’s forests and swamps as heard through the ears of a paranoid cyborg, where every bird call is converted to piercing silver static.

Review from mirroribis:
As rawly digital as the tracks on Katabasis.2 may sound, it seems have an organic structure. I don’t believe that this is due to any perceived randomness: I think it’s because the songs (inadvertently or not) behave like an organism, and an organism’s behavior would also appear random if one did not understand it’s motives. As I have explored the motives of the artist as artist through these tracks, I have heard a sonic Pollock. The abandon and guerrilla kanji that he uses are apparent and will be easily recognized by those familiar to those who’ve seen his live performance. As far as understanding the motives of this artist as human, I must confess I’m at a loss. My guess is that the only motive behind the tweaking of listeners he does so effectively would be to Immanentize their personal eschatons, to break through old patterns and leave a space for novel thought.